Automatic deposit-box.



H. Gr. DORSY.

AUTOMATIG DEPOSIT BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT BOX.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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HERBERT GROVE DORSEY, OF GRANVILLE, OHIO.

AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application ledeptember 24, 1907. Serial No. 394,313.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT GROVE Donssr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Granville, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Automatic Deposit-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in deposit or collection boxes, and relates more particularly to locking mechanism for controlling the same.

My improved mechanism is so constructed that when the box is empty any one can gain access thereto upon the insertion of a coin. The person desiring to use the box may set the combination lock to suit himself, and after closing the door to the box may reopen it a predetermined number of times by the aid of the combination. By then inserting another coin the box may be opened for a similar number of times. The opening of the box when it contains an article deposited therein cannot be accomplished by any one unfamiliar with the combination, thus preventing a thief from inserting a coin and gaining access to the box. In addition to this mechanism, I may, if desired provide a clockwork cooperating with the coin-controlled mechanism, in such a manner that the amount of money required to be deposited before the box can be opened will be dependent upon the length of time the box has been in use. All of the mechanism is preferably mounted within the door, and the clockwork is so constructed that the act of opening and closing the door serves to wind the clock. The opening of the door stops the clock, rewinds it, releases the coin and resets to the zero position the mechanism for controlling the number of coins required for the opening of the box. The closing of the door operates merely to start the clock if an article is within the box but does not start it if the box is empty. Thus, upon the insertion of an article within the box and the closing of the door, the clock is started in operation and the box can then be opened only by a person familiar with the combination and by the insertion of a coin. The greater length of time the box remains closed, the greater will be the number of coins required to be inserted before the box can be opened. The opening of the box by one unfamiliar with the combination is impossible when the box is in use, unless that person be vin possession of a master key, normally held by a responsible person and only employed in case the legitimate user of the box forgets the combination.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a section in the plane of the door of a box provided with my improved locking mechanism, said section being taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the door, said section being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the door taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. il is an elevation of the outside of the door in its closed position; Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 1, but showing a doo1` provided with time-controlling mechanism and adapted to' be operated by the insertion of a plurality of coins, said section being taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. G; Fig. G is a horizontal section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5; Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are details showing the mechanism for releasing the clockwork upon the opening of the door; and Fig. 11 is a detail of the mechanism for releasing the coin upon the opening of the door.

My improved mechanism is adapted for use in connection with boxes of any size or cha acter, or, if desired, may be employed for doors of rooms, bath houses, and the like.. The nature of the locking mechanism is not dependent in any way upon the nature of the box or room in connection with which said mechanism is employed. rl`he time control may or may not be employed in connection with the other mechanism.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to el, inclusive, the operation of the device is dependent upon the number of times the door has been opened since a coin was inserted, while in the form shown in Figs. 5 to 11, inclusive, the operation is dependent upon the length of time since a coin was inserted.

For purposes of illustration, I have shown in Figs. 1 to 4L, inclusive, a portion of a box 15 having an entrance opening controlled by a hollow door 1G. The door is preferably hinged to swing in a horizontal plane, and at the free edge thereof carries a springpressed bolt 17 adapted to enter a recess in the door casing and retain the door in its closed position. The mechanism for operating this bolt involves a plurality of disks constituting a combination controller, a coincontrolled mechanism, and a lock operated by a master key. Each of these may under certain conditions be operated entirely independently of each other to open the door, and under other conditions requires the cooperation of the combination mechanism and the coin-controlled mechanism to permit of an opening of the door.

The bolt 17 is provided with flanges 1S at its inner end extending through elongated recesses in a sliding plate 19. rlihe fianges normally rest against shoulders at the end of the recesses, so that upon the movement of the plate 19, the shoulders engage with the flanges and Withdraw the bolt. The flanges are capable of longitudinal movement in the recesses to permit of a closing of the door independently of the plate 19, and also to permit of the door being opened by the master key. Adjacent the bolt there is provided a suitable mechanism 2O adapted to be rotated upon the insertion of a key through the keyhole 21, and having an arm 22 adapted to engage with an arm 23 on the bolt to Withdraw the latter independently of the plate 19. The bolt is normally held in its outermost posit-ion, and With the flanges 1S against the shoulders of the plate 19, by means of a suitable coil spring, as shown in F ig. 2. The plate 19 carries a knob 24, extending through a slot in the door and adapted for use in moving the plate longitudinally to Withdraw the bolt. The longitudinal movement of this plate is controlled by the combination disks and the coin-controlled mechanism, the presence or absence of an article on the interior of the box and the number of times the box has been opened since a coin Was inserted being the factors which determine Whether the combination disks or the coin-controlled mechanism is to be operated to open the door.

Adjacent the plate 19 and having sliding engagement therewith is a second plate 25 terminating in a transverse bar 2G. The two plates are normally locked together and are only unlocked by the operation of the coin-controlled mechanism. rlhe movement of the plate 25 is dependent solely upon the condition of the combination, but the plate 19 may move With the plate 25 when the combination is properly set, or may move independently of the plate 25 when a coin is inserted to detach the mechanism normally locking the plates together. The combination controller for the plate 25 involves three dials 27, i721 and 27h, mounted on the outer side of the door and adapted for the operation of slotted disks upon the interior of the door. Preferably, the mechanism operated by each dial is identical With that operated by the other dial. Each disk is rigid with a rotatable shaft 28 having a slotted disk Q9 secured thereto and adj acent the outer Wall of the door.

llotatably mounted upon each shaft 28 but normally held from rotation by its frictional engagement, is a sleeve 30 having a slotted disk 31 lying adjacent the slotted disk 29. Each of the disks 29 is preferably provided with a plurality of radial slots, ivhile each of the disks 31 has only one slot, which may be brought into registry With any one of the slots of the disk 29 by rotating the sleeve 30 in respect to the shaft. For rotating each sleeve there is provided an arm 3Q, extending through the rear Wall of the door in alinement with the shaft, and having' a suitable handle 33. By holding the handle stationary and rotating the dial 2T, any one of the slots of the disk 29 may be brought into registry with the slot of the disk 31, and the combination thus determined. The bar 26 extends adjacent all of the disks and is movable laterally toward and from the same. The bar carries a plurality of fingers 311, each normally lying adjacent the periphery of a pair of disks 29 and 31. Unless the slot of the disk 31 is brought adjacent the end of the finger, movement of the bar 26 is prevented, due to the engagement of the end of the finger vvith the surface of the disk. With all of the disks properly set, all of the fingers may enter the slots, and the bar 26 together with the plate 25, the plate 19 and the bolt 17, may be withdrawn by the use of the knob 24. rhis movement is normally independent of the coin-controlled mechanism, as this mech'- anism serves primarily to unlock the plate 25 from the plate 19 and permit movement of the latter in respect to the former.

For permitting the door to be opened by the use of the combination for only a limited number of times Without the insertion of an additional coin, 1 provide a ratchet Wheel pivotally mounted upon the Wall of the door Within the same, and provide a panl 3G pivotally connected to theplate 19 and operated to rotate the ratchet Wheel 35 a unit distance each time the door is opened by the movement of the plate 19. For preventing' the return of the ratchet Wheel upon the return movement of the plate 19, a second pawl 37 is provided, pivoted to the Wall of the door. The ratchet Wheel 35 carries a shoulder or projection 33 adapted to engage with a suitable stop and limit the extent to which the ratchet Wheel may be rotated. As the shoulder or projection 38 engages With the stop, further rotation of the ratchet Wheel is impossible, and through the paWl 36 sliding movement of the plate 19 is also prevented. ny suitable stop may be provided, but as illustrated the corner of the plate 19 constitutes this stop.

When further rotation of the Wheel. 35 is ratchet wheel may be rotated through a unit prevented, it will be noted that the door canj not be opened by the operation of the combination alone. Atthis time it is necessary to insert a coin and unlock the plate 25 from q the plate 19 and permit movement of the latter. The insertion of the coin operates not only to unlock one plate from the other, but also operates to move both of the pawls 36 and 37 out of engagement with the ratchet wheel in a manner hereinafter described. The ratchet wheel is provided with a spring 39 normally tending to rotate the wheel against the action of the pawls. Vhen the pawls are removed from engagement with the wheel, the spring immediately rotates the ratchet wheel in the reverse direction to its limiting position. This position may be dependent solely upon the tension of the spring or may be dependent upon the position of a stop 40 engaging with the projection 38 of the ratchet wheel. The position of this stop in respect to the first-mentioned stop, determines the number of times the distance by the opening of the door independently of the coin-controlled mechanism.

The coin-controlled mechanism for unlocking the plate 25 from the plate 19 involves two levers 41 and 42 pivotally mounted upon a bracket 43 carried by the plate 19. One of these levers, 41, is provided with a tooth 44 adapted to enter registering slots in the plates 19 and 25 and lock the two plates togethe'r. Both of the levers extend to points adjacent the two pawls 36 and 3T, whereby the depression of either lever will cause the pawls to be lifted out of engagement with the ratchet Wheel 35 and permit the rotation of the latter by its spring. A coin chute 45 extends from a slot in the door to a point adjacent the outer ends of the two levers 41 and 42, and is of thin flexible metal, so that the end of the chute may be moved laterally to deliver' the coin into engagement with either the lever 41 or the lever 42, dependent upon whether or not the box is in use; that is, whether an article is deposited therein. The lever 42^does not normally act to lock the plates together and is prevented from coming into engagement with the plates by a small lug or projection 46`extending across to engage with the outer surface of the other lever. The lever 41 is the one depressed when the box is empty or when not in use, and this lever operates to not only release the wheel and to unlock the plate 25 from the plate 19, but also serves to raise the lever 42; the box may then be opened independently of the combination. lVhen the box is in use the lever 42 is the one depressed, and this lever does not unlock one plate from the other, but merely serves to permit the return movement of the wheel 35 and the opening of the box by one familiar with the combination.

To control the position of the coin chute 45 and to also operate an indicator to show whether the box is in use or not in use, I preferably provide a false Hoor 47 hinged adjacent the front edge and normally movable to an inclined position, as shown in Fig. This false floor is provided with a finger 4S, and is so balanced that the placing of any article whatsoever within the box depresses the floor and raises the finger 4S to an operating position. This linger extends through an opening in the inner wall of the door and when released engages with a lever 49 on a shaft Oto rotate the latter. The shaft 50 carries an arm 51 terminating adjacent the coin chute 45, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The chute normally extends over the lever 4l to operate said lever by the insertion of a coin, but the rotation of the shaft 50 causes the arm 51 to move the chute laterally to a position above the lever 42. The outer wall of the door is provided with a sight opening 52, and the shaft 50 carries an arm 53 supporting an indicator movable in front of the sight opening. Thus, with the box empty the closing of the door does not rotate the shaft. The chute 45 leads to the lever 41, and the sign In Use appears at the sight opening 52. lhen an article is placed within the box, the closing of the door rotates the shaft to show the words In Use at the sight opening 52 and the coin chute is directed to the lever 42.

I may, if desired, employ suitable clockwork, whereby the user of the box has to pay an amount dependent upon the length of time the box is in use. This mechanism may be used in conjunction with certain details of lthe mechanism above described, but it is preferably employed in place of the means permitting the box to be opened a predetermined number of times and in place of the specific coin-controlled mechanism.

In Figs. 5 to 11, inclusive, I have illustrated a second form in which the same combination lock mechanism and the same bolt and master key are employed,but in which the door may be readily opened by any one without the knowledge of the combination or the use of a coin when the box is empty, but requiring a knowledge of the combination and one or more coins oran amount of money, dependent upon the length of time the box has been closed when it is in use. The clockwork for controlling the time is so constructed that upon the opening of the door, the clock is stopped and rewound, and the mechanism directly controlling the insertion of coins reset to its zero position. Upon the closing of the door the clock is started if an article has been placed in the box, but does not start if the box is left empty. After the clock has been running a very short time, the door can only be opened by the use of one or more coins and the knowledge of the combination.

In the second form illustrated, I provide the door 16 with the same dials 27 and the combination disks 29 and 31, and with the same means 33 for setting the combination at the desired point. The bolt 17 is substantially identical with that previously described, as is also the operation thereof by means of a master key in the lock 20. In place of the two plates 19 and 25, I employ a single plate 54-having one end thereof provided with a bar 26 and corresponding in all particulars with one end of the bar 25, and having the other end thereof in engagement with the bolt 17 and corresponding with the opposite end of the plate 19. This plate 54 is adapted to be moved longitudinally by means of the knob 24, but its movement is controlled by the position of the disks 29 and 31, and also by the time-controlled mechanism which locks the plate to the wall of the door or to some other stationary part.

l/Vithin the door there is provided clockwork of any suitable character adapted to be operated by a spring within a barrel 55a. The wheels and pinions of the clockwork are mounted within a suitable framework 55, and the speed at which the clockwork operates is controlled by a balance wheel 56. The clockwork may be wound by the use of a key or other suitable mechanism, but preferably there is provided a cord 57 extending through an aperture in the side of the door and having one end connected to some stationary part of the box, as, for instance, the door casing. The opposite end of the cord extends around a pulley 58, by the rotation of which the clock is wound each time the door is opened. Motion is transmitted by the clockwork from a pinion 59 to a gear wheel 60 secured to a sleeve 61 on an arbor 62. The sleeve is normally locked to the shaft but is at times detached therefrom in a manner hereinafter described. The rotation of the clockwork thus causes a rotation of the arbor 62, which arbor carries a pinion 63 serving for the operation of a rack bar 64. The rack bar extends adjacent the plate 54 and is moved longitudinally in respect thereto by the clockwork while the door is closed and the box is in use.

Pivotally mounted upon stationary brackcts 65, there are provided a plurality of levers 66, somewhat similar to the levers 41 and 42 of the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. One end of each of these levers extends adjacent to a corresponding coin chute 67, while the other end of each lever lies adjacent the plate 54 and the rack bar 64, and is adapted to enter a corresponding recess in the former. The rack bar when moved to one limiting position, permits all of the levers 66 to drop into their corresponding recesses in the plate 54, and as these levers are held against longitudinal movement, the plate 54 cannot be moved to open the door. When the rack bar 64 is in its opposite limiting position, it holds all of the levers out of their recesses and the door may be readily opened independently of the coin-controlled mechanism.

lVithin the front wall of the door there are provided as many coin slots 68 as there are levers 66, and from each slot to the outer end of the corresponding lever leads the'coin chute 67. Adjacent the coin slots there is provided a plate 69 movable to uncover the slots in succession, and the plate is connected by two links 7 O and 71 to the rack bar 64, whereby the movement of the rack bar in one direction causes a corresponding movement of the plate 69 in the same direction. As the clockwork rotates the pinion 63, the rack bar 64 is drawn longitudinally and passes out from under the several levers 66 in succession. As it becomes disengaged from each lever, that lever falls into its recess in the plate 54. Thus, after the box has been closed a few minutes the rack bar permits the first of the levers 66 to engage with the bar, and the box can be opened only upon an insertion of a coin in the first slot, which slot is the only one uncovered by the plate 69 at this time. After the box has been closed for a predetermined length of time, as, for instance, one hour, the second of the levers 66 drops into its recess and the insertion of coins through both the first and the second slots is necessary to effect the release of the plate 54. The greater the length of time which the box remains closed, the greater will be the number of levers 66 brought into locking position, and the greater will be the number of coins required to release the plate 54 from these levers.

If desired, certain of the slots may be adapted for the reception of coins of higher denomination, and these levers may be so connected to the preceding ones that the insertion of a more valuable coin would perform the same operation as would the insertion of an equivalent amount in minor coins.

For restoring the bar 64 to its original position when the box is opened, I provide certain releasing mechanism, shown in detail in Figs. S, 9 and 10, and provide a spring 72 for returning the rack bar upon its release. The operation of the releasing mechanism is dependent upon the presence or absence of an article within the box, as in the form first described. There is provided a shaft 73, corresponding to the shaft 50 of the first form and adapted to be rotated in the same manner. The shaft carries an arm 74, extending into an annular groove on the sleeve 61, whereby as the box is opened the sleeve is moved laterally. The shaft 62 carries a wheel 75, having a row of perforations adjacent its periphery, and the sleeve 61 carries a pin 76 longitudinally movable to engage with some one of these perforations.

The pin preferably extends through the gear wheel 60 and is supported by a wheel 77. The pin is capable of longitudinal movement in respect to the wheel 70 and gear 60, and is normally pressed toward the wheel 75 by a suitable coil spring. As the door is opened, the arm 74 moves the sleeve longitudinally to bring the pin out of its recess and to release the shaft from the sleeve, whereupon the spring 7 2 immediately draws the rack bar to its original or zero position.

As soon as the door is closed, the arm 74" moves the sleeve to such a position that the pin 76 engages with the wheel 75. If a recess is opposite the pin the two become locked together', but if no recess is in direct alinement they do not become locked until the clockwork has rotated the gear wheel 6() to bring the pin opposite the next adjacent recess.

It is desirable that the clock should remain stationary while the box is empty, and I therefore provide the shaft 73 with an arm 7 8 adapted to engage with the balance wheel and stop the clock upon the opening of the door. If the door is closed with an article within the box, the shaft 73 is oscillated in the opposite direction and the balance wheel released, but if the door is closed with the boX empty, the shaft 73 does not rotate and thearm 78 remains in engagement with the balance wheel to hold the clock from running. With the clock held stationary any one can open the door without the aid of a coin, but with contents within the box the clockwork withdraws the rack bar from engagement with the several levers 66 and one or more coins are required to open the door.

As it is necessary that all of the levers 66 be held out of their recesses simultaneously, my improved mechanism is so constructed that all of the coins remain in operative position until the door is opened, and they are then released into the coin box. As shown, the inner wall of the door is provided with a coin boX 79, having an entrance opening adjacent the ends of the levers 66 and of the coin chutes 67. Opposite the end of each of the coin chutes there is provided a plate 80, normally operating to partially close the opening. As the coin enters the chute it descends into engagement with the outer end of one of the levers 66, and depresses this lever to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.

7. The weight of the coin holds the lever in this position until the plate S0 is moved to the position shown in Fig. ll, to permit the coin A to roll into the coin boX. For moving the plate, I preferably connect the same to an oscillatory rod 81, extending to apoint adjacent the shaft 63. The shaft carries an arm 82, which upon the rotation of the shaft engages with a cam surface at theend of an `arm 83 on the rod 81, and oscillates the latter against the action of a spring to move the plate and release the coin.

The device is also provided with suitable indicating mechanism for indicating when the box is empty or in use. This mechanism is illustrated as comprising an indicating plate Sil, having link connections S5 with the shaft 73, whereby the position of the indicating plate is directly dependent upon the position of the shaft.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a lock, a locking bolt, combination mechanism permitting said bolt to be withdrawn, and coin-controlled mechanism independent of said combination mechanism permitting said bolt to be withdrawn.

2. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, operating means in engagement therewith, a pivoted lever adapted to engage with said operating means and prevent movement thereof, means for operating said lever upon the insertion of a coin, and combination mechanism permitting the movement of said operating means.

3. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, operating means connected thereto, combination mechanism for permitting the movement of said operating means, coin-controlled mechanism for permitting the manipulation of said operating means, and means adapted to be operated by a key for moving said bolt independently of said operating means.

Ll. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, means for operating the same, coinoperated means for controlling the movement of said operating means, and time-controlled means for controlling said coin-operated means.

5. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, means for operating the same, coin-operated means for controlling the movementof said operating means and adapted to be operated by a variable number of coins, and time-controlled means for determining the number of coins required.

6. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, operating means therefor, a lever adapted to engage with said operating means and prevent movement thereof, timecontrolled mechanism for controlling the engagement of said lever, and means for directing a coin to move said lever from operative engagement.

7. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, operating means therefor, a plurality of levers adapted to engage with said operating means and prevent movement thereof, time-controlled means for permitting the engagement of said levers in succession, and means for directing a coin into engagement 6o including a locking bolt, a rotatable mem- `of levers adapted to engage with said operating means and prevent movement thereof, time-controlled means for permitting the engagement of said levers in succession, means for directing a coin into engagement lwith each of said levers to move the same out of operative engagement with said operating means, and time-controlled means for controlling the insertion of the coin.

9. ln a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, operating means therefor, a plurality of levers adapted to operatively engage with said operating means, a plurality of coin chutes leading to said levers, time-controlled means for controlling the engagement of said levers, and a sliding plate operating simultaneously with said time-controlled means and cooperating with said coin chutes for permitting the insertion of coins to the several coin chutes only when the levers corresponding thereto are in operative position.

10. In a lock, the combination of a locking member, operating means therefor and including a transverse bar having fingers thereon, combination mechanism including a plurality of slotted disks adjacent said bar and adapted to control the'movement thereof, coin-controlled means independent of said combination mechanism for controlling A the movement of said operating means and means independent of said operating means for withdrawing said locking member.

11. In a lock, the combination of a locking bolt, operating means therefor and having a plurality of fingers or projections carried thereby, combination mechanism including a plurality of slotted disks, said slots being adapted for the reception of said projections or fingers, and coin-controlled means independent of said combination mechanism for normally preventing the movement of said operating means to withdraw the bolt.

12. In a lock, the combination of a locking member, operating mechanism therefor, a radially slotted disk, a finger carried by said operating mechanism and adapted to enter the slot of said disk, a lever adapted to engage with said operating 'mechanism to prevent the withdrawal of the locking member from its operative position, and means for directing a coin into engagement with said lever to release the same.

13. A door having locking mechanism ber upon the'outer surface of the door, a disk within the door and operatively connected thereto and provided with a plurality of radial slots, a second disk adjacent the first-mentioned disk and adapted to be normally rotated therewith but movable independently thereof and provided with a radial slot adapted to be brought into registry with any of the slots of the first-mentioned disk, operating mechanism for said bolt having a member adapted to enter the registering slots of said disks when the latter are rotated to the proper position, and coin-operated means for controlling the movement of said locking mechanism.

14. A door having a locking mechanism including a locking bolt, operating mechanism therefor, coin-operated means for controlling` said operating mechanism, a clockwork for controlling the operation of said coin-operated means, and means for rewinding said clockwork upon the movement of the door.

15. A door having a locking mechanism including a Vlocking bolt, operating mechanism therefor, coin-controlled means for controlling said operating mechanism, a clockwork for controlling the operation of said coin-operated means, and means for rewinding said clockwork upon the opening of the door.

16. A door having a locking mechanism including a locking bolt, operating mechanism therefor, coin-operated means for controlling said operating mechanism, a clockwork for controlling the operation of said coin-operated means, and means for stopping said clockwork upon the opening of the door.

17, A door having a locking mechanism including a locking bolt, operating mechanism therefor, coin-operated means for controlling said operating mechanism, a clockwork for controlling the operation of said coin-operated means, and means for stopping said clockworlr upon the opening of the door, and releasing said clockwork upon the closing of the door.

18. A door having locking mechanism including a locking bolt, operating means therefor, coin-operated means for controlling the movement of said operating means, a member for controlling the operative engagement of the coin-operated means, clockwork for operating said member, and means for releasing said member and restoring it to zero position upon the movement of said door.

19. A container having a door provided with locking mechanism includingy a locking bolt and coin-operated means for controlling the movement of said bolt, and means the operation of which is controlled by the presence or absence of an article within said container for controlling said coin-operated means. Y Y

20. A container having a closure provide with'locking mechanism and having means within the container adapted to be operated With locking mechanism and having means Within the container adapted to be operated upon the insertion of an article Within the container, coin-operated mechanism for permitting the opening of said closure, and means controlled by the irst-mentioned means Within the container when the latter is moved to operative position by the article for controlling this coin-operated means.

Q1. A container having a closure provided With locking mechanism, coin operated means for releasing said mechanism, and means adapted to be operated by an article Within the container for controlling said coin-operated mechanism.

22. A container having a closure provided with locking mechanism, coin operated means for controlling said mechanism, an indicator, and means adapted to be operated by an article Within the container for con trolling said indicator.

23. A container having` a closure provided with locking mechanism and coin-operated means for controlling the same, said coinoperated means including a plurality of movable members into engagement with any one of which a coin may be directed, and means for controlling said lastmentioned guiding means.

24. A container having a closure provided with locking mechanism and eoin-operated means for controlling the same, said coinoperated means including a plurality of movable members into engagement With any one of which a coin may be directed, and means dependent upon the length of time the container has been closed for controlling said last-mentioned guiding means.

25. A container having a closure provided with locking mechanism and coin-operated means for controlling the same, said coinoperated means including a plurality oit movable members, into engagement with any one of which a coin may be directed, and means the operation of which is dependent upon the presence or absence of an article within said container for controlling said last-mentioned guiding means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oi" two subscribing Witnesses.

HERBERT GROVE DORSEY.

litnesses ViRGINIA R. Donsnr, E. J. Donsnr. 

